October 2018 Babies

Headaches too much Tylenol???

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ashleighpamela99 wrote:

So I’ve been suffering from these terrible headaches for weeks now . And I find myself taking Tylenol almost every day . My ob told me I could take Tylenol 1,2or 3 I have Tylenol 1 prescribed from my gp so I’ve been taking those which sometimes help but I don’t know can you take too much and it affect baby ??? I’m sooo uncomfortable in my head and neck . Also I read tens machine is okay but then others say it isn’t !!! Ahhh I just use tens on my neck but I don’t want to of its unsafe !

I’ve read that long term use of acetaminophen (tylenol) while pregnant is linked to ADHD.. I haven’t done a ton of research but it’s all I needed to see once. I’m sorry about your headaches that sounds awful, I know I can barely function when I get them

You should realllly try a chiropractor. I was never interested until my last pregnancy I had horrible hip pain. The midwives kept suggesting it and I wasn’t a believer. Well I finally tried it and it was such a lifesaver. Helped after the first visit but was gone probably after two weeks. Completely worth your time and money to try it. It could really help you.

Try an ice pack on the back of your neck. I’ve always suffered from migraines & the ice pack seems to be the most effective way to relieve the pain. I normally take 2 Tylenol, drink some water, & lay down with an ice pack.

Tylenol has been linked to increased risk of asthma in the child, so try to explore other ways to relieve the pain. Though, if you’re in pain all the time, that’s not good for either of you. There’s always some risk with medication and you just have to weigh it out.

that’s what made me write this ! Eeek ! I was thinking about how I’m always taking it and so I decided to google it and then I saw that article about that and how they did some sort of research and that’s what made me worry ! I don’t wanna risk that at all ! I wish there was some sort of relief that didn’t cause any negative outcomes 😞

when my headaches were at their worst I thought the same thing. my Dr said tylenol everyday is perfectly fine. I was still cautious and only took it when it was really bad but I'm telling you Excedrin Tension Headache works so much better than plain Tylenol! it's the only thing that helped me. it has acetaminophen and caffeine in it. not too much different than regular tylenol but it helped me so much. also I woke up one day and headaches were completely gone. that was around the 17w mark.

oh that is good to know thank you 🙏. I’m in Canada so I can’t get excedrin here but Tylenol 1 that I have prescribed I think is the same thing iris acetaminophen and caffeine and it helps most times but I was wondering if it was bad using it everyday . Thanks for your response

could it be allergies?? Mine have been terrible but my only real symptom was headaches. I took benadryl and it went away quickly! From then on i have been taking allergy meds (zyrtec) whenever the pollen-allergen counts get high.

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